South East Asian Stratiomyidae (Soldier Flies)

So-called Soldier flies, at least one common widespread American introduction, are common in gardens from warm temperate to tropical areas around the globe. Many species have attractive complex eye patterns. What this Javan species lacks in eye pattern it certainly makes up for in its gold and blue-green iridescence. Clitellaria bilineata extends in Indonesia from Sumatra and Java as far east at the Moluccan Islands